Winter 20/21 - General Discussion

Gonzo · 02-02-2021 07:41PM

a pond is starting to form in my garden, 2 inches of water near the garage. 3 Floods between my home and Dunshaughlin over a 2km distance. Rain still hammering down here and water gushing down the sides of all the roads. We need to shut off this Atlantic deluge as soon as possible.

TTLF · 02-02-2021 08:01PM

Lads this theory is going to sound absolutely bonkers but hear me out :pac:

So I'm having my dinner, decided to go into the sitting room and watch TV, get a break from the LC study grind and put my mind at ease, feeling a little happier after that ECM.

I turn on the TV and I see the cartoon "Horrid Henry" on Nick and I think, geez I haven't seen that in years! Let's take a peak at it.

The entire episode was about snow

I'm telling ya lads, it's a sign.

SpitfireIV · 02-02-2021 08:28PM

Sorry now, I know this is way off topic but just by chance I happened upon these photos today off what I'm guessing is about 1995'ish given I was about 12 in the pics maybe. The pics were taken in Carlow town on what I believe was a Saturday....that's all I know, I think. It was a pretty amazing snow event from my childhood and even featured a thunder snow shower, I've not experienced one before or since!! The last pics are of that thunder snow, it was an almost white out!! But from what I can recall a lot of it was gone by the next day. I do recall it perhaps being an easterly given the snow and how it was stuck to the east facing side of the telegraph pile outside our house.

Anyone have any better idea of when this may have been apart from 'a Saturday in maybe '95'

Donegal Storm · 02-02-2021 08:34PM

There was a big snow event around Christmas in 95, I was only young at the time but remember visiting neighbors and when we left to go home there was snow everywhere, by the next morning we had a good 10-15cm on the ground

Gaoth Laidir · 02-02-2021 08:35PM

Gonzo wrote: »

There's been barely any letup since Friday afternoon. Garden, driveway and fields nearby waterlogged, side roads flooded. It's up there with the daily deluges during Autumn 2019. This is turning out to be a horrible winter.

Gonzo wrote: »

a pond is starting to form in my garden, 2 inches of water near the garage. 3 Floods between my home and Dunshaughlin over a 2km distance. Rain still hammering down here and water gushing down the sides of all the roads. We need to shut off this Atlantic deluge as soon as possible.

Where in the name a jaysus do you live exactly? You're always flooding! It seems at odds with the rest of the larger area. I know that around Trevet airfield is a bit boggy so maybe that's why but you seem to live in the worst spot in Leinster.

Billcarson · 02-02-2021 08:42PM

SpitfireIV wrote: »

Sorry now, I know this is way off topic but just by chance I happened upon these photos today off what I'm guessing is about 1995'ish given I was about 12 in the pics maybe. The pics were taken in Carlow town on what I believe was a Saturday....that's all I know, I think. It was a pretty amazing snow event from my childhood and even featured a thunder snow shower, I've not experienced one before or since!! The last pics are of that thunder snow, it was an almost white out!! But from what I can recall a lot of it was gone by the next day. I do recall it perhaps being an easterly given the snow and how it was stuck to the east facing side of the telegraph pile outside our house.

Anyone have any better idea of when this may have been apart from 'a Saturday in maybe '95'

There was an easterly the first week of dec 95 ,though I dint think it was particularly cold and Britain got some snow from it.
There was a brief easterly around the last week of Jan 96 which gave snow for a day or so.

Gonzo · 02-02-2021 08:43PM

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Where in the name a jaysus do you live exactly? You're always flooding! It seems at odds with the rest of the larger area. I know that around Trevet airfield is a bit boggy so maybe that's why but you seem to live in the worst spot in Leinster.

Very poor drainage in all the land around here, neighbours also have a leak problem. The council were out earlier in the week to drain the floods from the local road, they are probably back again today.

SpitfireIV · 02-02-2021 08:53PM

Billcarson wrote: »

There was a brief easterly around the last week of Jan 96 which gave snow for a day or so.

That sounds about right, I think it was a Jan or Feb affair, ie post Christmas.

Tyrone212 · 02-02-2021 08:53PM

Donegal Storm wrote: »

There was a big snow event around Christmas in 95, I was only young at the time but remember visiting neighbors and when we left to go home there was snow everywhere, by the next morning we had a good 10-15cm on the ground

I remember that too. Was a northerly plunge around then. Altnaharra recorded -27.2 that month. The coldest ever recorded in the UK, a joint record as -27.2 had been reached twice before.

Little snowy old me · 02-02-2021 09:09PM

Tyrone212 wrote: »

I remember that too. Was a northerly plunge around then. Altnaharra recorded -27.2 that month. The coldest ever recorded in the UK, a joint record as -27.2 had been reached twice before.

I remember that too. It started snowing in South Donegal at about 2pm on Christmas Eve and the following few days were bitterly cold but sunny. A white Christmas. I went outside around midnight on Christmas Eve with a big warm blanket and a brandy and sat looking at the scene. It was as bright as day with the clear sky, big moon and a blanket of snow. Beautiful.

Billcarson · 02-02-2021 09:26PM

Little snowy old me wrote: »

I remember that too. It started snowing in South Donegal at about 2pm on Christmas Eve and the following few days were bitterly cold but sunny. A white Christmas. I went outside around midnight on Christmas Eve with a big warm blanket and a brandy and sat looking at the scene. It was as bright as day with the clear sky, big moon and a blanket of snow. Beautiful.

I remember the forecast on xmas eve 95 was for that snow to move southward overnight. Very disappointed, but got a very harsh frost instead .

Walking back from the pub around 2am that night the sky was clear and I was thinking I hope the snow arrives ,where the hell is it.

Longing · 02-02-2021 09:29PM

SpitfireIV wrote: »

That sounds about right, I think it was a Jan or Feb affair, ie post Christmas.

I would say it was just after Christmas of 1996 has a easterly started brought in loads of snow but what I remember most it was freezing day and night. Why I remember it so well our water froze going to the tank in the attic. I couldn't get it defrosted I carried buckets of water up every day to keep it full. Nightmare it was.

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Billcarson · 02-02-2021 09:36PM

Longing wrote: »

I would say it was just after Christmas of 1996 has a easterly started brought in loads of snow but what I remember most it was freezing day and night. Why I remember it so well our water froze going to the tank in the attic. I couldn't get it defrosted I carried buckets of water up every day to keep it full. Nightmare it was.

New years day 97 was white but it got milder the next day if I remember. Or my snow didn't hang around for long.

Longing · 02-02-2021 09:41PM

Billcarson wrote: »

New years day 97 was white but it got milder the next day if I remember. Or my snow didn't hang around for long.

Started around 26th Dec '96 and lasted till the 9 or 10th of January '97. But has you said it probably depended were you lived.

Call me Al · 02-02-2021 09:44PM

Gonzo wrote: »

There's been barely any letup since Friday afternoon. Garden, driveway and fields nearby waterlogged, side roads flooded. It's up there with the daily deluges during Autumn 2019. This is turning out to be a horrible winter.

Today's flooding is almost as bad as any I can remember. Everywhere overflowing and waterlogged.
I'm expecting swans to have found my garden by morning time.

lolie · 02-02-2021 09:53PM

Gonzo wrote: »

a pond is starting to form in my garden, 2 inches of water near the garage. 3 Floods between my home and Dunshaughlin over a 2km distance. Rain still hammering down here and water gushing down the sides of all the roads. We need to shut off this Atlantic deluge as soon as possible.

Whats the rainfall total so far this year in your area Gonzo?

Gonzo · 02-02-2021 10:30PM

lolie wrote: »

Whats the rainfall total so far this year in your atea Gonzo?

110mm up to yesterday. Probably add on an extra 15mm from today.

lolie · 02-02-2021 11:34PM

Gonzo wrote: »

110mm up to yesterday. Probably add on an extra 15mm from today.

And i thought land around here was wet, just under 130mm in the gauge outside, 12mm today alone.
No big floods in any fields nearby (apart from 1 or 2 that stay flooded in winter) as the rain was spaced out.

Donegal Storm · 03-02-2021 12:04AM

110mm is fairly standard, even below average for the western half of the country. You east coasters are too soft :pac:

Danno · 03-02-2021 12:40AM

Donegal Storm wrote: »

110mm is fairly standard, even below average for the western half of the country. You east coasters are too soft :pac:

Wettest months on average in this part of the south midlands is Dec + Jan with 95mm expected in each. April + June lowest with 56mm expected in each.

bazlers · 03-02-2021 05:54AM

If this potential and probably a bit more than potential cold spell now is short lived ( maybe not) i would expect the next round to be pretty soon after and colder, with more of a direct feed off a very cold snowy
Continent by then. I feel the SSW might be finally seen and felt at the surface. Alot of amplification and dizzy heights about.

Rock Lesnar · 03-02-2021 08:25AM

Met Eireann forecast suggesting very cold next week with some falls of sleet and snow expected, with significant snow accumalations possible in leinster

Time will tell i suppose, i will wait til i see it snowing 1st

OldRio · 03-02-2021 08:54AM

The land is utterly saturated in the local area. If this rain doesn't stop I can imagine serious problems in a week or two.

Kamili · 03-02-2021 09:06AM

OldRio wrote: »

The land is utterly saturated in the local area. If this rain doesn't stop I can imagine serious problems in a week or two.

Definitely, surprised there wasn't a yellow warning for rain yesterday.

The ducks will be moving in soon.

Dickie10 · 03-02-2021 09:42AM

thats Moyglare rd Maynooth, just inside Meath border?

Emme · 03-02-2021 10:21AM

Donegal Storm wrote: »

110mm is fairly standard, even below average for the western half of the country. You east coasters are too soft :pac:

Some of us in the east coast don't have mountains for the rain to run down into the sea. For example Meath and Kildare. The ground in parts of Meath and Kildare has never been as waterlogged in living memory as it is now.

mcburns07 · 03-02-2021 10:33AM

Lovely morning in Cork today

hopefully this is the start of a week respite from endless rain

Donegal Storm · 03-02-2021 10:41AM

Dickie10 wrote: »

thats Moyglare rd Maynooth, just inside Meath border?

I have a video from that exact spot in March 2018 :pac:

https://streamable.com/p943zj

highdef · 03-02-2021 10:52AM

Donegal Storm wrote: »

I have a video from that exact spot in March 2018 :pac:

https://streamable.com/p943zj

Very close but you were on the other side of the River Rye in that video so in Kildare

The field in question in the photo does flood quite regularly though. I've seen that "puddle" many a time.

Goldfinch8 · 03-02-2021 10:53AM

241mm of rain so far recorded in Newport since the start of the year. We had more rain overnight here in Mayo and it is still raining outside at present but it has lightened off at least for the time being.
A measure of the grim and grey weather conditions of the last five days including today, is that last Saturday was my favourite of the lot. It was still a largely dull and overcast day with a raw east wind. The temperature never got up much above 4 degrees here but at least it was dry. Foothpaths and roads dried up for a while which was nice to see although the lawn and surrounding land remained sodden and continues to do so. It was nice to be pottering around outside in the garden but you needed to be well wrapped up.
The model watching and its associated drama and commentary has been good fun to watch and a nice distraction. Looking forward to a pattern change of some sort to try and get out of this damp, grey rut we seem to be stuck in. If this anticipated easterly or north easterly brings some blue skies to these parts, I will be pleased. If we manage to squeeze a bit of sneachta out of it- even better!

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